Dan Conley, Jimmy Brumbaugh Officially Out As Syracuse Assistant Football Coaches

by Sean Keeley on Feb 1, 2012 4:49 PM EST in Syracuse Football

Update: Marrone tells Brent Axe that Dan Conley and Jimmy Brumbaugh are still under contract, but "will not be coaches on the field" and "free to pursue other opportunities." Which is very weird.

Original: As first reported by The Juice Online back in December, defensive assistant coaches Dan Conley and Jimmy Brumbaugh have been let go by Doug Marrone.

The delay between initial report and official announcement seems to have been related to contract end dates. Hence Marrone's response "all coaches are under contract" when initially asked about the report.

Conley is a Syracuse icon. A two-time All Big East First Teamer and a member of the All-Century Team, he's been the team's linebacker coach since 2008. He was the last coach to remain from the Greg Robinson Era. He also has strong recruiting ties in Pennsylvania that will be tough to replace.

Meanwhile, Brumbaugh originally came to Syracuse in 2010 as the defensive line coach but focused on defensive tackles this past year. Tim Daoust was brought on to handle the defensive ends.

The AP's John Kekis is reporting that former Michigan Wolverines and Indianapolis Colts linebacker Steve Morrison is in line for one of the open spots, assumedly as LB coach. Morrison has been Eastern Michigan's LB coach since 2010 and spent a good deal of time with Western Michigan before that.

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Hate to see DC go.

Maybe there’s room in the S&C department for him.

by DanteAmore on Feb 1, 2012 4:52 PM EST reply actions

I wonder if this impacted Brantley?

If this is what Shafer wants/needs, then I guess it had to be done. Too bad to see an alum fired though.

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by ezcuse on Feb 1, 2012 4:54 PM EST reply actions

Can we attribute Hogue and Smith to Conley?

I would guess so, and if that were the case, that’s a tough loss. Jeez, look at Spruill this past year, he was monstrous! Wonder wtf is going on.

Can we safely say that HCDM is the most enigmatic coach in D1?

Between injuries and player/coach dismissals, we really don’t know what’s going on until they team takes the field. Kinda makes me uncomfortable heh.

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by StealthTurkey on Feb 1, 2012 5:29 PM EST reply actions

dan conley...

…was an absolute beast on the field, and a genuinely good guy of of it. His SU playing career ended on a sad note with his horrible knee injuries. Hate to see his SU coaching career end on a sad note too. Good luck #49.

by or44nge on Feb 1, 2012 5:34 PM EST reply actions

I don't understand this at all

Maybe they are really just going to be glorified S&C coaches and not have coaching responsibilities anymore. If they are cool with that, then they get to stick around. If they are uncool and want to seek greener pastures, that’s understandable too.

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by ezcuse on Feb 1, 2012 5:57 PM EST reply actions

The Conley dismissal is what really confuses me.

Linebackers have been the one consistently good unit this whole time; surely he had something to do with that.

Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!

by NOLACuse on Feb 1, 2012 6:38 PM EST reply actions

Yeah I don't get it....

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by StealthTurkey on Feb 1, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions

Hm...

If any defensive coaches should be let go it’s our secondary coaches. Very odd to see considering our LB’s have been great and our DT’s strong.

by Velocityy on Feb 1, 2012 7:04 PM EST reply actions

Recruiting?

I never got the impression DC was much of a recruiter. Maybe that has something to do with it.

by jimmiejones on Feb 1, 2012 7:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Morrison was a DL coach at Western Michigan in 2005

Shafer was the DC at Western Michigan in 2005. This seems more like Shafer just bringing in another guy that shares his philosophy on defense (like Daoust), and HCDM wanting to be the good guy and keep Conley/Brumbaugh around/happy.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy. I'm the magical man from. Happyland in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laaane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

by stumpycuse on Feb 2, 2012 9:07 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, it’s all about Shafer bringing in his guys. I like Conley and Brumbaugh and thought they both did a good job, but they were two of our lesser recruiters (JB especially never really landed that many guys for us, Daost has been better), and if the staff thinks this will help, the I’m all for it.

by Dan Lyons on Feb 2, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

I hope we use one of the new spots to hire a ST coach.

by Gregory Tuers on Feb 2, 2012 12:15 PM EST reply actions

Marrone’s taking over as full time ST coach (rather than the whole ST by committee thing).

Not a huge fan.

by Dan Lyons on Feb 2, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Did Hackett pull in any recruits this year?

I don’t recall seeing his name attached to anyone. And he certainly didn’t do an outstanding job with the playcalling this year. So if it’s mainly about the recruiting, I don’t get it.

by firstmatewiggles on Feb 2, 2012 12:56 PM EST reply actions